English
rangle
From range + -le (frequentative suffix).
Formed from range + -le
Proto-Germanic *hringaz ‘ring, circle’
Frankish *hring
Old French rang ‘a rank, row’
Old French rengier ‘to range, rank’
Middle English rengen
English range
Today it means
verb To range about in an irregular manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rangle”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / rangle